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ἀποπνίγω

apopnigō · choke

Greek word · Strong’s number G638 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

apopnigō (ἀποπνίγω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “choke”.

Smother; drown.

How to say it

a·pop·ni·gō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To smother a plant to death.
  2. To die sinking in the water.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • choked ×1
  • was drowned ×1

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Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Luke 8:7

    And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

  • Luke 8:33

    And coming out of the man, the demons entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.